.jpg) Zdrilic in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Allen Zdrilic | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Perth Glory (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Greenwich | |||
| King Tomislav Sydney | |||
| Patrician Brothers' College | |||
| Sutherland Sharks | |||
| –1993 | St George Saints | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993 | St George Saints | 20 | (8) |
| 1993–1997 | Sydney United | 114 | (39) |
| 1997–1998 | Aarau | 25 | (2) |
| 1998–2000 | SSV Ulm | 55 | (18) |
| 2000–2002 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 23 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Walsall | 24 | (5) |
| 2003–2004 | Aberdeen | 31 | (8) |
| 2004 | Eintracht Trier | 11 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Sydney FC | 59 | (5) |
| 2009–2010 | Sydney United | 33 | (9) |
| Total | 395 | (95) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997–2005 | Australia[2] | 30 | (20) |
| 2013 | Australia (beach soccer) | 11 | (21) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Maccabi Hakoah | ||
| 2010–2011 | Sydney United | ||
| 2015–2016 | Sydney FC 1st Grade (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Sydney FC U20 | ||
| 2017–2018 | RB Leipzig U17 (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2020 | RB Leipzig U19 (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Chicago Fire (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Oostende (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Genoa (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Sydney FC (interim) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Sydney FC (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Perth Glory | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Allen Zdrilic (Croatian: Zdrilić; born 13 April 1974) is an Australian association football coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of A-League Men club Perth Glory. Zdrilic is also a football presenter on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Most recently he was a key figure in SBS's coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Zdrilic played on 30 occasions for the Australia national soccer team, having once scored eight goals in a single match – the second highest recorded for any Australian player, behind Socceroos teammate Archie Thompson, who scored 13 goals in the same game. He was also a member of the Australia national beach soccer team, the Beach Socceroos, having captained the side. He previously played for Sydney FC in the A-League after forging a professional career in Switzerland, Germany, England and Scotland.
As a football presenter on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Zdrilic hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil which won a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Sport Coverage as well as SBS's Friday Night A-League coverage. He has hosted games from the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, various international cup competitions and the football entertainment show Thursday FC on SBS2.
Over the last few years, Zdrilic served in a variety of coaching roles in Germany, Belgium and Italy and the MLS. In early 2022, he became an assistant at Serie A club Genoa - the first Australian to coach in Serie A - after turning down the offer of coaching Australia at the 2024 Olympic Games.[3]
- ^ "FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 – Official Rosters". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005.
- ^ "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains" (PDF). Footballaustralia.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Olyroos drama as Zdrilic turns down coaching role". The Roar. Retrieved 7 February 2022.